I get what they're saying but I think the "Paid for by the government of canada" might be misinterpreted...
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I know it took me half a second. Adding "poster" in front, or something would make in unambiguous.
"the only thing the government of Canada is paying for is this ad"
Yeah, I'm all for proper attribution, but I think making it just a little smaller, or two lines so it doesn't line up with the main message, could have made it more clear that it wasn't part of the message.
I think it is part of the message, Canada was pushing back against the tariffs USA was imposing.
Silly Canada. You’re not suppose to say that you put up the billboard. You’re suppose to run it through a various political organizations like “Americans For a Better Future” or American Families for Prosperity“.
These Tariffs are not approved by Congress, so they are taxation without representation.
That’s not quite what that phrase means, but I like the spirits
It's approaching that point.
If the executive ignores the law and the other branches of government, we effectively no longer have a representative government.
Yes. This is pretty much the spirt of it.
The founding fathers probably could not have predicted some idiot MFer ping-ponging tariffs on and off so him and his buddies could do some insider trading and destroy the economy.
It’s incredible how people just don’t understand how tariffs work, but believe an aging man with early onset dementia’s and wears a diaper.
Early-onset? He is 78
he's one of their peers, at least in the 'education department'.
"Donald Trump was the dumbest goddamn student I ever had." - William T. Kelley, Marketing Professor, Wharton School @ UPenn
Bizarre thing is, while this should be seen as a denunciation - his base will just love it.
The longer I'm alive the more I think of MAGA as just Squidbillies.
"This was a major, major thing with Trump — that people might think he’s stupid"
Lmao
That worked sooooo well for him. 🤣
Education ends after birth in murica
Yep, Republicans have spent decades dismantling public education brick by brick and MAGA is the end result.
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Tariff charges are paid by the importer, not the exporter. Adding huge tariffs to Chinese manufactured goods can only hurt American companies who rely on Chinese engineering and manufacturing expertise.
This is a charge that American companies will have to pay and it is the people of the US who will foot the bill for additional costs.
Adding huge tariffs to Chinese manufactured goods can only hurt American companies
This is not how economics work. It will MOSTLY hurt American companies. But it will also hurt the Chinese manufacturers because of the fast change in demand. It can even hurt 3rd party countries because these Chinese companies might now dump these goods on the market which in turn could hurt their competitors.
It wouldn't matter who pays the tariff, the price would go up regardless.
I watched a 3 hour video the other day about how this has killed affordable PC computing in the US, and there's no undoing the damage now. The effect is on a time delay based on the material supply chain and will hit soon.
Reference: https://youtu.be/1W_mSOS1Qts
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Thank you for running these, Canada! Too many of my fellow Americans are clueless about tariffs and how they are taxes that Americans pay. While the MAGA cultists are lost, there are many others who would have voted against Donvict Dementia if they knew what a tariff was back in October/November 2024. It helps now too because Republican Senators like Mike Lee and John Curtis need to be pressured to impeach donOLD Krasnov, for the benefit of both the States as well as our dear Canadian friends. It's appalling to see Republicans who pretend to be against unnecessary taxes supporting or standing silent on an issue that Republicans used to be solidly AGAINST.
How does anyone with an IQ above 70 not know this?? Are these billboards really necessary? What do they think tariffs are if not for a tax?
I work with tariffs daily but there are tons of people who are clueless. I think if you quiz the average person on the street and ask them how tariffs work, most of them will fail to define it correctly. A surprisingly large number don't know it's a tax on the importer. A surprisingly large number don't even know it's a type of tax.
The Republican when they see this: "yeah but JJOOOEEEEE BIIIDEN!"
"Joe Biden immediately tanked the economy to enrich himself and his cronies!"
"The 'elites' are driving stock prices down to make Trump look bad. He's being blamed for Democrat fraud" or something along those lines.
The response I have seen now is “but national debt”
…Has anyone looked at the budget?
I hope this is a billboard on the Canadian side of the border that's pointing towards the US.
They're running in a dozen mostly red states:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/billboard-tariffs-canada-1.7496882
The fact that it says "Paid for by the Government of Canada" will allow them to shrug it off as propaganda and go "Why would Canada care so much if this was true!?". I like the idea, but I fear it might have an even more polarizing effect...
Damn, they're putting up posters in regions known for their illiteracy.
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